Tomato Sambar Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	10 min
Cook time	30 min
Total time	40 min
Serves	4 servings

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Ingredients

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for pressure cooking:

• 2 400 gm tomato, chopped
• ½ cup toor dal (washed)
• 2 green chilli (slit)
• ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 1½ cup water

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for sambar:

• ½ onion (thinly sliced)
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup tamarind extract
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp sambar powder

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for tempering:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• pinch of hing / asafoetida
• 1 dried red chilli
• few curry leaves

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Instructions

1. firstly in a pressure cook 2 tomato, ½ cup toor dal, 2 green chilli, ½ tsp turmeric and 1½ cup water and for 5 whistles.
2. in a kadai, boil ½ onion in ½ cup water for 5 minutes.
3. pour in cooked dal, ¼ cup tamarind extract and 1 tsp salt. mix well.
4. boil for 8 minutes or till tamarind extract gets cooked completely.
5. further add 2 tbsp sambar powder and mix continuously without forming lumps.
6. boil for 5 minutes or till sambar gets cooked well.
7. meanwhile prepare tempering by heating 2 tsp oil.
8. add in 1 tsp mustard, pinch of hing, 1 dried red chilli and few curry leaves.
9. allow the tempering to splutter.
10. pour the tempering over sambar and mix well.
11. finally, serve tomato sambar or thakkali sambar with rice, dosa or idli.

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Step-by-step

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, cook the dal completely, else it will be difficult to mash.
• also, adjust the consistency of sambar based on your choice.
• further, cook the tamarind well, else rawness of tamarind will be present in thakkali sambar sambar.
• finally, tomato sambar or thakkali sambar taste great when prepared slightly spicy and tangy.